Chastity was already there waiting. I was kind of mad at her. But also not. Because even though she’d seduced Diablo into throwing some events, she’d then recanted and told him that she’d only blow him if he won. And we were still losing. Which made me think that Diablo really did just suck at everything.
Or maybe Cole was just super amazing at everything…
“Princess Raven,” said Ocelot. “It’s your spin.”
I grabbed the wheel and gave it a tug.Please be an event that Tanner can make us win.
It spun and spun until finally coming to rest on SACK RACE.Oh hell yeah.That was the perfect candidate for magic.
“So what kind of magic are you gonna use?” I asked Tanner on the way over to the field.
“The options are endless. I could fill one of the blue sacks with spiders. Or bricks. Or Nigel. Your choice.”
“I like the Nigel idea.”
“Me, too, Mistress Ash,” said Nigel. “It would be my pleasure to hide in a sack. And tickle a sack.” He held up his hand and demonstrated exactly how he’d tickle the opposition’s balls.
“Eh,” said Tanner. “That’ll be too easy to trace back to us. Might lead to a disqualification. Let’s just go with bricks.”
I could picture it perfectly. Cole and Chastity would be out there with their smug, cheating faces. They’d be hopping along, aboutto cross the finish line. And boom! Suddenly there’d be a big brick in the bottom of their sack. They’d try to hop, but instead they’d just face-plant right into the grass as my team jumped to victory.
It was the perfect plan.
We stepped into our sacks and pulled them up around our waists.
“Ready?” I asked Tanner.
He nodded with a mischievous grin and turned to Cole and Chastity. “I hope you’ve enjoyed us letting you win…because from here on out, you’re going down.”
“I doubt it,” replied Cole. “But good luck.”
Ocelot fired the starting gun and the race was on. I hopped as fast as I could, but I quickly fell behind the three other superhumans. It didn’t even make sense that they were all so good at sack racing. It was almost like they’d been practicing. Who in their right mind would practice hopping around like an idiot?
But it didn’t really matter, because I had Tanner on my side. And he had magic. Or something like that. Seriously, his tech was top-notch.
“Uh,” I said to Tanner as Chastity and Cole got way out ahead of us. “You better use that magic now.”
“You sure?” he asked. “I thought it would be more exciting if I let them get out to a big lead first. The more they’re winning by, the sweeter it will be when they eat bricks.”
“Okay. I don’t hate that idea. But you better not mess this up…”
The blue team rounded the cones on the far side of the field and started heading back to the finish.
Cole gave me a cocky wink as he passed. I just smiled, thinking about the horrible fate that was about to befall him.
Tanner and I hopped along leisurely while Cole and Chastity sped towards the finish.
“Tell me when,” said Tanner.
“Wait for it…wait for it…” When our enemies were ten yards from the finish, I yelled, “Now!”Eat bricks, suckers!
Tanner snapped his fingers and… Cole and Chastity just kept hopping as if nothing had happened.
Tanner looked at his fingers in confusion. He snapped again, but still nothing happened. The blue team cheered wildly as their leaders crossed the finish line.
“What the hell, man?” I asked. “You were supposed to put bricks in their sacks!”
“I tried!” yelled Tanner. “I don’t know what…” He stopped midsentence and went pale. It looked like he had seen a ghost behind me. “Shit,” he muttered.
